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The Diabetic Eye Screening Programme in Tanzania - The VISION 2020 LINK between Dodoma and Belfast
Rahila Bashir, Senior Remote Ophthalmic Research Image Grader, talks to Frank Sandi, Ophthalmologist at the Benjamin Mkapa Hospital (BMH), University of Dodoma in Tanzania and to Tunde Peto at Queen’s University Belfast (QUB) and Belfast Health and Social Care Trust...Launch of the Vision and eye screening implementation handbook
The WHO Vision and Eye Care Programme has the pleasure to announce the publication of the Vision and eye screening implementation handbook (VESIH).RSM (The Royal Society of Medicine): National Diabetic Eye Screening Conference 2024: Prioritising People with Diabetes
Join us for our annual conference, an essential meeting for anyone involved in diabetic eye screening since it provides insight into past, current and future changes. Hear key updates direct from the National Programme team with an opportunity to question...Heidelberg Engineering SPECTRALIS: Skills for Diabetic Eye Screening Course (23 April 24)
The SPECTRALIS: Skills for Diabetic Eye Screening Course is suitable for diabetic eye screeners who want comprehensive training on how to acquire and interpret OCT images for diabetic screening using SPECTRALIS. This interactive course covers an introduction to OCT and its use in diabetic eye screening, case study discussion, hands-on SPECTRALIS image acquisition using infrared and OCT, and HEYEX 2 software navigation.Heidelberg Engineering SPECTRALIS: Skills for Diabetic Eye Screening Course (12 March 2024)
The SPECTRALIS: Skills for Diabetic Eye Screening Course is suitable for diabetic eye screeners who want comprehensive training on how to acquire and interpret OCT images for diabetic screening using SPECTRALIS. This interactive course covers an introduction to OCT and its use in diabetic eye screening, case study discussion, hands-on SPECTRALIS image acquisition using infrared and OCT, and HEYEX 2 software navigation.
Amblyopia risk factors detected at screening
The aim of this study was to assess amblyopia prevalence in a population of 299 adolescents aged 10-14 years who were screened for risk factors at pre-school age using photoscreening. Eighty-three had screening at one-year-old, 94 at preschool age and...
Autistic responses to plusoptix photoscreening
The authors sought to determine if the plusoptix would provide an accurate estimation of whether an autistic child had amblyopic risk factors. This retrospective study identified 48 children with autism. Undilated plusoptix was undertaken in 25 children aged less than...
Smartphone use in screening
This prospective study aimed to determine the positive predictive value (PPV) of patients referred to a pediatric ophthalmic practice in Alaska. Young children were photoscreened with Gobiquity app on a Nokia model 1020 smartphone; 217 children were referred. Time from...
